Over this past year, fter my Bible reading each day, I read the days devotion from Ozwald Chambers “My Utmost For His Highest” teen edition. Here are two recent excerpts I thought were awesome.
1. “When once we realize that through the salvation of Jesus Christ we are made perfectly fit for God, we shall understand why Jesus Christ is so ruthless in His demands. He demands absolute rectitude from His servants, because He has put into them the very nature of God.”
2. “Ask missionaries and they’ll tell you they had one goal – God. God first. God last. God in all things. Not to go out and feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, make busy with conversion activity, but God first. With God as the goal, the homeless get a roof, the hungry get fed, the cold get warmed, the lonely get a friend, and the wanderer finds a way. Salvation comes.”
We need to hear more of that in our churches. Churches need to know be more about God and less about “We’re green!” “We are about people!” “We feed the hungry!” If we are about God, we’ll naturally be about those things. Ok, I’m done. Better stop while I’m ahead.
I’ve been reading both the original version of “My Utmost” and the teen version side-by-side. It has been very powerfull.